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Ratho, West Croft

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  • Anne Burgess, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Chris Gunns, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Bruce McDowall, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Graeme Yuill, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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  • Callum Black, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Calum McRoberts, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Rude Health, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
RathoBuilding · 34 yd

Explorer Tom Ratho is a building with no specific era attached, which means it could be anything from a wizard’s tower to a very…

Approaching the bridge at Ratho in the rainHeritage place · 97 yd

Explorer Tom Approaching the bridge at Ratho in the rain gave up sweets for Lent but kept the puddles. It’s all very atmospheric…

Ratho, Union Canal TowpathSculpture(s) · 98 yd

Explorer Tom Ratho, Union Canal Towpath has sculptures that are locked in a bitter feud with the next village over about whose ducks…

Canal Bridge and Bridge Inn, RathoHeritage place · 103 yd

Explorer Tom Canal Bridge and Bridge Inn, Ratho has a smuggling story about cheese being hidden in the arches. It’s probably…

Union Canal, RathoMilestone · 178 yd

Explorer Tom Union Canal, Ratho: Locals swear by a superstition that if you trip here, your luck will turn around for exactly one…

Birch & Oak WoodWood · 226 yd

Explorer Tom Birch & Oak Wood nearly became famous last year when a celebrity almost got lost there, but they found their way out in…

Mapped graveyardGraveyard · 234 yd

Explorer Tom Mapped graveyard ended up in the wrong place because the mapmaker was having a particularly bad day with his coffee.…

Walled GardenGarden · 554 yd

Explorer Tom The other Walled Garden in Edinburgh can hear everything through its walls, including your embarrassing phone call to…

Platt Hill, treesMountain or hill · 910 yd

Explorer Tom Platt Hill trees in Edinburgh look like they’re trying to matchmake the hill with the sky. The branches are all tangled…

Trig point, Platt HillMountain or hill · 1018 yd

Explorer Tom Platt Hill in Edinburgh has a trig point that looks like it’s waiting for a phone call that will never come. If it won…

Tower in Ratho QuarryCastle, fort or tower · 1297 yd

Explorer Tom The tower in Ratho Quarry is suspicious of the postman, probably because he keeps leaving bills about being an…

TormainMountain / peak · 1.0 mi

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